Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Stepping Into Group Facilitation with Kate Codrington

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In this podcast, we bring you insights into circle holding, whether you are an (aspiring) circle facilitator or attendee, through interviews with experienced circle holders and conversations between Julia and Tessa, the founders of Circle Holding.

This week's guest is Kate Codrington, the author of the Second Spring and facilitator of circles as part of workshops and retreats around perimenopause. See what we covered in this episode below. You can find her and lots of resources at https://www.katecodrington.co.uk/

This episode will be reassuring for new circle facilitators and get lots of nods of recognition from experienced ones. In this episode we talked about:

• Imposter syndrome is normal when moving from 121 to group work
• The difference between a leader, teacher and facilitator
• How you grow capacity to hold space as you do it
• That it’s normal for group process to be messy
• The more you bring yourself as a person to facilitation, the more you enable others to
• Having a clear intention for your circle is paramount
• You don't want the inner critic driving the bus!

You can order our book Circle Holding: A Practical Guide to Facilitating Talking Circles on Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Circle-Holding-Practical-Facilitating-Talking/dp/1805013157/) For a signed copy from Independent Book Store West End Lane Books purchase the book here https://www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/circle-holding-by-julia-davis-and-tessa-venuti-sanderson

To learn more about facilitating circles you can join one of our trainings: https://www.circleholding.org Circle Holding Fundamentals - introductory 3 hour workshop https://www.circleholding.org/circle-fundamentals Circle Holding Facilitator Training - 3 month training https://www.circleholding.org/circle-holders-journey Circle Holding Book Club - a fun way to work through the exercises https://www.circleholding.org/book-club Yoga Nidra & Circle Holding https://www.circleholding.org/yoga-nidra-circle-holding Circle Holding Self Study Programme https://www.circleholding.org/self-study Circle Holding Non-Residential Retreat - London https://www.circleholding.org/weekend-retreat Circle Holding Residential Retreat https://www.circleholding.org/autumn-residential Free Events and mini trainings - meet Julia & Tessa and get a taste of circle holding https://www.circleholding.org/free-resources We love to hear from circle facilitators and circle goers so please email us at info@circleholding.org

Music for the podcast is provided by Fabio Venuti.